Alpha Fortress

Not to be confused with the arcade story location of the same name.

Alpha Fortress is a location in Africa in the DS game first visited in the Postgame.

Description

Alpha Fortress Map

Accessed through northwest Kalimba Desert in the southeast; due to Africa being an optional continent, there is no story-significant boss confrontation, though the objective of the primary side quest is in the southwest.

Story

Postgame

Entering to find the Fresh Air, the player must navigate many branching dead ends to the southwest corner, where they must speak to a man about not taking fossils who then leaves, and the player can collect the Fresh Air.

Battles

See also: DS Game Battles

Main Area

Random

Red Super Alpha Droids (Super Tail/Tackle/Swing; 6MP Super weak to Critical) [250 chell]

• Carcharodontosaurus R (Defense) LV57 (Fire Bomb (S))
  • Starts with Critical Move; beats player's last winning move. Beats the previous tying move.
• Amargasaurus S (Attack) LV57 (Aqua Whip (P)); Lambeosaurus S (Tie) LV59 (Metal Wing (P))
  • Starts by blocking player's Critical Move; copies player's last winning move. Loses to the previous tying move.
• Pachyrhinosaurus P (Tie) LV58 (Lightning Strike (R)); Stegosaurus R (Attack) LV58 (Mole Attack (S))
  • Starts by losing to its Critical Move; loses to player's Critical Move if not using another hint. Repeats the previous tying move.
• Utahraptor P (Defense) LV59 (Razor Wind (R))
  • Starts by matching its Hidden Move's sign (losing to its Critical Move); copies player's last winning move. May on any turn beat any of player's moves tied for highest MP remaining. Loses to the previous tying move.
  • "Ha ha ha! I'll make the same move as my Hidden Move!"—Utahraptor opening move.
• All will use a different move after being hit by a Critical Move. All (except possibly Utahraptor) may on any turn use their Critical Move or (except Utahraptor) use any move tied for highest MP remaining.
• "Hmm… I know what you're up to! How do you like this?!"—if 2 options for player, beats their stronger one.
• "Hmm… Now what…?"—if 2 options, uses stronger one.
• "Ha ha ha! This ought to do the trick!"—uses its Critical Move (distinction unclear).
• "Unh… Hmm… I'm in trouble… This ought to do the trick!"—uses its Critical Move (distinction unclear).

Red Supply Alpha Droids [5310 Exp, 240 chell]

• Fukuisaurus R (Crisis) LV40 (Tail Smash, Kamikaze Tackle, Dino Swing; Spiked Tail Smash (R))
• Fukuiraptor P (Blitz) LV40 (Tail Smash, Kamikaze Tackle, Dino Swing; Spiked Tail Smash (R))
• Gastonia S (Attack) LV40 (Tail Smash, Kamikaze Tackle, Dino Swing; Spiked Tail Smash (R))
  • Random every turn; will likely flee following first win after first turn.
  • "Must transport supplies! Must deliver! Stay out of my way! Initiating random mode!"—new dino
  • "Uuunh… You can't have my supplies! Initiating random mode!"—after loss (non-Critical?)
  • "Unh… My supplies are in danger! R-random!"—after loss (Critical?)
  • "Stay out of my way! My precious supplies! Initiating random mode!"—after tie
  • "(none)"—after win if staying
  • "Initiating emergency escape! Must escape with my supplies!"—flee after win

Static (optional) 1

Red Super Alpha Droid [2360 Exp, 250 chell; uncommon Advanced Workbook]

• Kentrosaurus R (Defense) LV59 (Spike Arrows, Earth Tackle, Earth Swing; Spike Arrows (R))
• Suchomimus S (Defense) LV57 (Blue Tail, Tragic Sphere, Blue Swing; Water Sword (R))
  • Starts by losing to its Critical Move; loses to player's Critical Move if not using another hint, copies player's last winning move {?}, and uses a different move if hit by a Critical Move. May on any turn use their Critical Move or any move tied for the highest MP remaining. Repeats the previous tying move.
  • "Alpha Droids are the best! The best! The best! The best!"—loses to their Critical Move (new Dinosaur).
  • "What?! I must try something else next…"—uses different move after being hit by a Critical.
  • "MP is low… I must think about this."—uses any move tied for highest MP remaining.
  • "Hmm… You are better than I thought…"—uses its Critical Move.
  • "Heh heh heh… I understand now…"—repeats the previous tying move.
  • "Heh heh heh… Stay the course! Stay the course!"—repeats its winning move.

Static (optional) 2

Red Super Alpha Droid [2320 Exp, 250 chell]

• Jobaria S (Crisis) LV58 (Blue Tail, Tragic Sphere, Blue Swing; Water Sword (R))
• Deltadromeus S (Blitz) LV59 (Wind Tail, Wind Tackle, Tornado Toss; Tornado Toss (P))
  • Starts by losing to its Critical Move; copies player's last winning move and uses a different move if hit by a Critical Move. May on any turn use its Critical Move or use any move tied for highest MP remaining. Loses to the previous tying move.
  • "Alpha Droids are the best! The best! The best! The best!"—loses to its Critical Move (new Dinosaur).
  • "Hmm… This is not good…"—copies player's winning move.
  • "What?! I must try something else next…"—uses a different move after being hit by a Critical.
  • "Heh heh heh… You shall not pass!"—uses its Critical Move.
  • "MP is low… I must think about this."—uses random move tied for highest MP remaining.
  • "Heh heh, let's see how this does!"—if 2 options, uses weaker one.
  • "Heh heh heh… Stay the course! Stay the course!"—repeat its winning move.

Items

See also: DS Game Items

See also: DS Item Tables

Set Items

The following Key Items are acquired here.

• Fresh Air (from southwest corner after talking to man, deliver to requester's brother for Medium Dino Drink in Postgame)

The following basic Items can be acquired here.

• Ultimate Manual (center north item case, defeat optional Droid 1)
• Ultimate Manual (southwest of center item case)
• Uncut Ruby (rescue NPC from optional Droid 2)

Drilling Table

Depths marked by a "*" are not known well enough to be confident of their full item list.

Item (Alpha Fortress)	White Ping*	Yellow Ping*	Orange Ping*	Red Ping*
Leaf/Sprout/Trefoil/Clover	Very Common	Common	Very Common	Common
African Fossil	(not found)	(not found)	Uncommon	Very Common
Gold Nugget	(unknown)	(unknown)	(unknown)	Rare
Lg Amber Specimen	(unknown)	(unknown)	(unknown)	Rare
Dinosaur Feces	(unknown)	(unknown)	Rare	Uncommon
Dinosaur Egg	(unknown)	(unknown)	(unknown)	Rare
Rugosa Fossil	Common	(unknown)	(unknown)	(unknown)
Trilobite Fossil	Uncommon	(unknown)	(unknown)	(unknown)
Ammonite Fossil	(unknown)	(unknown)	Very Common	(unknown)
Coelacanth Fossil	(unknown)	Rare	Rare	(unknown)
Zamites Fossil	Uncommon	(unknown)	(unknown)	(unknown)
Ginkgo Fossil	(unknown)	Common	(unknown)	(unknown)
Nilssonia Fossil	(unknown)	Very Common	(unknown)	(unknown)

Dinosaur Fossils

The following can be drilled up randomly as African Fossils. There is no difference between Dinosaurs found at Orange and Red Ping depths; though only some Fossils at Red Ping depth are known to repeat at Orange Ping depth, all likely can. {the Fossils in this area are poorly known}

• Orange Ping (Postgame):
  • Kentrosaurus R (Defense, 3 star, Earth) (common)
  • Deltadromeus S (Blitz, 4 star, Wind) (common)
• Red Ping (Postgame):
  • Amargasaurus S (Attack, 5 star, Water) (rare)
  • Suchomimus S (Defense, 3 star, Water) (rare)
  • Kentrosaurus R (Defense, 3 star, Earth) (common)
  • Ouranosaurus R (Attack, 1 star, Grass) (rare)
  • Allosaurus S (Blitz, 3 star, Wind) (rare)
  • Deltadromeus S (Blitz, 4 star, Wind) (rare)